Navajo Indians--WarsOver the past twenty-five years, Carson's legacy has been the topic of intense debate among western historians, many who have suggested that Carson was racist, that he sought out and killed Navajos, destroying their sheep and food supply - that he played a major role in the forced removal of the Navajos from their traditional homelands in the Southwest. Though this theory has gained credence with the public, other scholars dispute those accounts and portray Carson, who lived alongside Indians most of his life, as a kind man who reluctantly fought several tribes only after joining the army. Carson's true actions and motivations are the subject of Kit Carson: Indian Fighter or Indian Killer? This volume brings together a distinguished group of western historians who explore the latest research on Carson in a attempt to separate fact from fiction by shedding further light on Carson's life.enKit Carson : Indian fighter or Indian killer?Foreword / Mark L. Gardner -- 1. Kit Carson and Dime Novels: The Making of a Legend / Darlis A. Miller -- 2. "Rope Thrower" and the Navajo / R.C. Gordon-McCutchan -- 3. The Historiography of the Navajo Roundup / Lawrence C. Kelly -- 4. Kit and the Indians / Marc S. Simmons -- 5. An Indian Before Breakfast: Kit Carson Then and Now / Robert M. Ut1ey.4232911619961996Electronic books42329116University Press of ColoradoHISTORY--State & LocalCarsonKitKit Carson18091868Relations with IndiansNavajo Indians--RelocationGordon-McCutchanR. C.R. C. Gordon-McCutchanKit Carson.Print version:Navajo Indians--Relocation978058502500105850250022017-10-23Niwot, ColoCarsonKitKit Carson18091868couNavajo Indians--Wars